Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday that his office is joining two other states in issuing a subpoena to Dr.Anthony Fauci, alleging that he “profited” from the recommendations he gave during the handling of the Covid pandemic.
Uthmeier, joined by West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, said in a news release that he was issuing an investigative subpoena to Fauci for “an official investigation into awards, professional opportunities, financial incentives, grants, and Covid-19 guidance that impacted Florida businesses and consumers.” “Government officials have a certain level of immunity in their official capacities, but if Fauci personally profited off of the ‘guidance’ he issued, that very well could have broken Florida law,” Uthmeier said.The move comes as Fauci has faced renewed scrutiny from some lawmakers on Capitol Hill over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.Uthmeier cited the journal entries recently released by Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., that revealed Fauci’s near-daily account of the pandemic as it unfolded during both the Trump and Biden administrations.“Fauci’s diary focused more on self-promotion than the legitimate safety concerns from the mRNA vaccines,” Uthmeier said.
“While Fauci was pushing for book deals, awards, and fortune and fame, Floridians were being deceived and harmed by his misrepresentations.” “The public deserves answers to about a million questions related to the pandemic, its origins, and the government’s actions in response,” he said.Uthmeier said Fauci’s entries detail “substantial awards,” including grants, book deals and board positions, linked to his public recommendations as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that affected Florida.
Fauci’s journal entries were written during his time as a federal government employee, and they were written on government-owned devices.Fauci has repeat...